Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by context]
7. culinary equipment
8. [culinary equipment for serving and consuming food]
9. [utensils for serving food]

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components
4. components
5. components by specific context
6. tool and equipment components
7. culinary tool components

Anotations

Scope note:

Ring-shaped extrusions or objects that are positioned below the opening of a bottle or other vessel from which a liquid is poured, on a candlestick or other object, with the purpose of impeding or stopping drips of the liquid from running down the body of the vessel. For drip catchers on candlesticks, use "bobeches."